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| Directed by | John Putch |
| Screenplay by | Duke Sandefur Brian Patrick O'Toole Duncan Scott |
| Produced by | Harmon Kaslow John Aglialoro Jeff Freilich |
| Starring | Samantha Mathis Jason Beghe Esai Morales Patrick Fabian Kim Rhodes |
| Cinematography | Ross Berryman |
| Edited by | John Gilbert |
| Music by | Chris P. Bacon |
| Production company | Either Or Productions |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Atlas Shrugged: Part II is an upcoming film based on the novel Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. It is a sequel to the 2011 film Atlas Shrugged: Part I, continuing the story where its predecessor left off.
It was announced on the film's Facebook page on July 4, 2012 that the film is slated for an October 12, 2012 release.
Cast
See also: List of Atlas Shrugged characters- Samantha Mathis as Dagny Taggart
- Jason Beghe as Henry Rearden
- Esai Morales as Francisco d'Anconia
- Patrick Fabian as James Taggart
- Kim Rhodes as Lillian Rearden
- Richard T. Jones as Eddie Willers
- D.B. Sweeney as John Galt
- Paul McCrane as Wesley Mouch
- John Rubinstein as Dr. Floyd Ferris
- Robert Picardo as Dr. Robert Stadler
- Ray Wise as Head of State Thompson
- Diedrich Bader as Quentin Daniels
- Bug Hall as Leonard Small
- Arye Gross as Ken Danagger
- Rex Linn as Kip Chalmers
- Larisa Oleynik as Cherryl Brooks
- Thomas F. Wilson as Robert Collins
- Teller as Laughlin
Production
After the box office failure of Atlas Shrugged: Part I, there was some doubt as to whether or not any more of the proposed trilogy would be put into production. However, in a private debt sale in early 2012, the producers raised $16 million of the $25 million they sought, enabling a budget larger than that of the first film. The production company announced that Part 2 would be released to coincide with the U.S. general election season in fall 2012.
Duncan Scott, who in 1986 was responsible for creating a new, re-edited version of the 1942 Italian film adaptation of We the Living with English subtitles, joined the production team.
The production company for the second film, Either Or Productions, LLC, is taken from the name, Either-Or, that Rand gave to the middle ten chapters of her novel. An April press release stated the name of the film as Atlas Shrugged, Part 2: Either Or.
Principal photography began on April 2, 2012 with an all-new cast, including Samantha Mathis as the heroine Dagny Taggart, Jason Beghe as the industrialist Henry Rearden, and Esai Morales as the playboy Francisco d'Anconia. Producer John Aglialoro has implied that hiring the cast of Part I for the sequel exceeded the movie's budget, saying "it’s hard to lock people down", and also noting that Taylor Schilling, the actress who played Dagny in Part I, is "a bona fide movie star now". The film is on a 31-day shooting schedule, four days more than that of the first movie, but will undergo two months of post-production before release.
Marketing
The producers released a teaser trailer that features contemporary commentators commending the prescience of Rand's works, and snippets of interviews with Rand herself. A full-length trailer was released on September 5.
References
- ^ "'Atlas Shrugged Part 2' to start production in April". latimes.com. 2012-02-02.
- Peter Key (2012-02-06). "Atlast Shrugged: Part 2 Movie Funded". Philadelphia Business Journal.
- Paul Bond (2012-02-02). "'Atlas Shrugged Part 2' Timed to Hit Screens Just Before Presidential Election (Video)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- ^ The Official Atlas Shrugged Movie Blog: Atlas Shrugged Part 2 Begins Principal Photography
- Weigel, David (Sept. 20, 2012). "The 53 Percent Shrugged".
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Brian Doherty (2012-04-20). "On the Set of Atlas Shrugged Part II". reason.com. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
- Atlas Shrugged: Part 2 Teaser Trailer on YouTube
- Atlas Shrugged Part II Official Trailer on YouTube
External links
- Official website
- Atlas Shrugged Part 2 at the TCM Movie Database
- Atlas Shrugged, Part 2: Either-Or at IMDb
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- Atlas Shrugged, Part 2: Either-Or at Box Office Mojo
- Atlas Shrugged, Part 2: Either-Or at Rotten Tomatoes
- Atlas Shrugged, Part 2: Either-Or at Metacritic
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